Hillside by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) a resounding emblem of authority

a resounding emblem of authority and faith

Mapmaker or publisher: Central Intelligence Agency

His work helped define the modern appeal of kachō‑e (bird-and-flower pictures)

Public buildings—the Municipal Library and the Concert Hall among them—appear as carefully modeled silhouettes

urgent strokes intersect with assertive shapes

Hillside by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) a resounding emblem of authorityHillside (187080) by Frederic Edwin Church invites the viewer into a moment of quiet radiance, where a modest rise in the land is bathed in late afternoon light. Churchone of the leading figures of the Hudson River Schoolwas famed for his luminous skies and exacting observation of nature. In the 1870s, his mature style often turned from epic vistas to more intimate scenes, capturing atmosphere, color, and the poetry of ordinary terrain with a